Machine Learning Engineering salary

43 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for machine learning engineering roles at senior level across the United States: 330 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $181,150 and $247,500, with a median of $213,425.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run entry-level $135,500, mid-level $186,750, senior $213,425 and lead $251,763. Moving from entry-level to lead is worth roughly 86% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 22 of the 43 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

43 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$86,757 – $194,375	$135,500	16
United States · country-wide	Mid	$142,875 – $228,150	$186,750	284
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$128,063 – CA$187,710	CA$155,125	24
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£60,000 – £97,524	£86,000	5hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$181,150 – $247,500	$213,425	330
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$139,400 – CA$200,000	CA$185,000	29
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£76,741 – £150,000	£126,000	13
United States · country-wide	Lead	$214,038 – $289,997	$251,763	32
Remote · United States	Mid	$155,767 – $227,750	$200,000	39
Remote · United States	Senior	$177,250 – $246,910	$218,900	75
Remote · Canada	Senior	CA$183,125 – CA$209,400	CA$193,675	6hint
Remote · United States	Lead	$246,250 – $300,563	$269,435	8hint
Arlington	Mid	$126,800 – $184,700	$152,500	9hint
Arlington	Senior	$153,170 – $180,700	$162,000	5hint
Boston	Mid	$112,500 – $165,300	$142,125	5hint
Boston	Senior	$158,000 – $229,875	$187,500	11
Cambridge	Mid	$143,000 – $175,000	$151,150	5hint
Chantilly	Mid	$154,463 – $174,413	$166,575	6hint
Chicago	Senior	$150,938 – $212,053	$172,856	6hint
Denver	Senior	$165,000 – $228,600	$210,000	5hint
London	Senior	£125,500 – £152,500	£128,000	7hint
Los Angeles	Senior	$175,063 – $257,266	$221,250	6hint
Mountain View	Mid	$188,900 – $241,250	$213,750	12
Mountain View	Senior	$218,875 – $250,066	$238,000	19
New York	Entry	$200,000 – $207,800	$207,800	5hint
New York	Mid	$166,050 – $230,000	$218,200	25
New York	Senior	$194,875 – $271,250	$224,245	32
Palo Alto	Mid	$168,000 – $263,000	$225,000	7hint
Palo Alto	Senior	$201,750 – $267,500	$232,150	14
San Francisco	Mid	$197,625 – $279,000	$240,000	50
San Francisco	Senior	$208,750 – $272,683	$235,750	51
San Jose	Mid	$166,100 – $273,925	$206,500	7hint
San Jose	Senior	$217,431 – $288,653	$257,181	6hint
San Mateo	Mid	$201,625 – $333,295	$223,750	7hint
San Mateo	Senior	$229,875 – $312,073	$250,000	7hint
Santa Clara	Mid	$155,000 – $168,500	$155,500	5hint
Santa Clara	Senior	$175,000 – $217,750	$213,600	5hint
Seattle	Mid	$206,300 – $225,000	$218,200	9hint
Seattle	Senior	$200,000 – $235,250	$218,200	15
Sunnyvale	Mid	$217,400 – $302,625	$259,100	8hint
Sunnyvale	Senior	$219,100 – $309,869	$225,000	15
Toronto	Mid	CA$133,650 – CA$197,920	CA$166,250	11
Toronto	Senior	CA$148,625 – CA$191,400	CA$171,650	16

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.